Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-02-10
GENERAL Markets.


ST. LOUIS, MO-, Feb. 9-Flour-Quiet and
unchanged. Wheat very active, weak and
great part of The session, and prices declined
1s0lc below last evenings final figures, There
was slight recovery from the lowest prices,
but the market closed easy, &c under
yesterday. No red cash S0dSOi4c; March
sl6sli4c closing at Sic; May So: dals a 81 sc,
closing at So. Gs4zsc; June S47sGS5lsc, closing
at S47sc. Corn active, weak and lower, closing
layer than ygessrd4y No M m1sa csSn
634l,, closir g at 341s; May 36is G362s, closing
at 1870. Oats active and &c lower; No mixed
cssh 2S1ac; February 27i.c bid March 21lac bid ;
May pc. Market for corn meal was steady
at g Whisky was firm at 81 49, Wool
steady, unchanged. Provisions active, str ong
and higher all round. Pork Sl3 10; lard Sc 5OG
50. Bulk meats, loose lots, long clear and
short ribs $3.50; shortIclear s. 90; boxed lots,
long clear S. 50; short ribs So So; short clear
s. 0OG7 l2H; bacon, long clear s. 30; short
ribs 81 371t al 40; short clear 81 300 627a /;
hams, unchanged; $40 5OGl2 30. Afternoon
board: Wheat weak at case lower. Corn
heavy, &c lower. oats unchanged.
CHICAGO, ILL, FEB. Big drop in wheat
to- day, and the shrinkage in vslues was steady
throughout, causing large lines OF long wheat
to be thrown on the market. Foreign advices
were not encouraging to holders, while the
report OF clearings aggregated only lj!,OUV
bushels from three ports. May delivery opened
&c lower at S27sc fe OFF to Size, rose to S25sc
broke off again to 81 &c, With neavy sales all
the way down; official closing was Sic. Late
in the afternoon May quoted down to Sic on a
full decline of 2l5c during the day. Corn took
the same course; there was free sci Ing during
the entire session under which May sold down
from 405S TO 4O16c, closing at about that price
In contrss st to the heavy depression In cereals
provisions ruled strong and advanced sharply
the opening on mess pork was at about yester-
days closing figures, after which share rally
of 35G3T5ac followed and the market closed at
nearly top prices. Lard advanced loo; short
ribs lIkc: Leading futures closed as follows
Wheat-No. 2, February, 75c; March, I5'.c;
NAV, Size; June, s21.c. Corn-No 2, February,
3474c; March, 55c; Nav, 405S G404 :; June, AZ &c.
POI. February sl8 81 March, SiS 50;
So 7215; May, So sly, June. s. t2li. Cash
quotations were as follows: Flour quiet and
unchanged; No. spring wheat, l5c; No.
corn, S5dS5Sc; pork, SlS SO; ia d. 50 10; snort
sibs, sides, loose, St 80; dry sailed SHOULD ers.
boxed, s. I5G5 50; short clear sides, boxed,
s. goa %; whisky 81 Is.
NEW YORK, Feb. 9-Cotfee-Spot fair; Rio
quiet; options easier and moderately active
sales 36,205 bags; March Sl3 O5Gl3 10; April
Sl2 95Gl3 90; May So IS; June Sl2 %; July
Sl3 90; December SlS 0d13 O5. Sugar steady;
demand moderate; refiaed quiet; confectioners
4 s. l6G55sc.
NEW ORLEANS, La, Feb. Flour easier,
but not quotably lower. Corn dull, weak and
lower at 45646c. Oats, choice western 3IG3lls C.
Corn meal firmer at s. 80 Hay steady, with
fair demand; prime Sl4 OOasli 80; choice SIS 90
Sl3 90; Refined tierce larq So S7l.. Bulk meats,
shoulders S. 62H; long clear and
clear rib Sc SIS, choice sugar
cured canvased hams sll O0Sll so,
Coffee quiet but steady; Rio l8aial5alc. Rice
easier; ordinarJ to prime 21c. Cotton seed
PRODUCTS dull; prime crude oil 3093lc
summer yellowK39c; cake and meal 200